Roslyn Layton is a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute focusing on digital technology industries and net neutrality. Layton develops policies for digitally connected domains and advises on government regulations. She participated in the Buckley Program’s Firing Line Debate on Net Neutrality, and after the event, Layton provided the following reading list for Buckley fellows:

“This is a reading list to help you think for yourself and push against orthodoxy. The purpose of inquiry and debate is to seek truth, engage in dialogue, and challenge opinions. Here are some resources to help you sharpen your reasoning and inspire you to make masterful argumentation.”

This article examines 5 statements of received wisdom that underlie much popular, political, and academic support for increased telecommunications regulation. A hard copy of this article is available from the Buckley program.

Books

William F. Buckley, Jr. critiques his Yale undergraduate experience, saying that the university forced collectivist, Keynesian, and secularist ideology on students and ridiculed their religious beliefs. Noting that university oversight was provided by god-fearing alumni, he argues that Yale failed its students by not teaching in a manner consistent with these values.

Canadian psychologist and professor against political correctness Jordan B. Petersen challenges Canadian law by refusing to use preferred gender pronouns, calling this a form of compelled speech. He describes how each person, born with the instinct for ethics and meaning, can take responsibility for one’s life.

AEI President and social scientist Arthur C. Brooks offers a vision for conservatism as a movement for happiness, unity, and social justice and the techniques to challenges the liberal monopoly on “fairness” and “compassion.”